Chance to Sound Off on Cedar Rapids Housing Code Hearing
City officials invite residents to a public hearing Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum to discuss a proposed minimum housing code. The program features H F Rice and I L Tommy Tucker with city leaders outlining code provisions and the impact on landlords and tenants.
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Hether
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
H. F
Hub”’ Rice
I. L
Tommy” Tucker
MAC
Dave McGuire
Don Salyer
Council
City Council Agenda Highlights Bids and Permits
The council meets at 10 a.m. Monday in City Hall with invocation by Rt. Rev. Msgr. A W Chihak. business includes approving bills, accepting bids to rebuild First Avenue bridge and pave College township road SW, and resolutions granting Forest Lane Co. permission to construct storm sewer sidewalks sanitary sewer and concrete paving in Fair Oaks 9th addition.
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A. W. Chihak
St. Wenceslaus
First Avenue Bridge
College Township Road
Forest Lane Co
Fair Oaks 9Th
Cedar Rapids platting shifts show two year cycle trends
The commission approved 55 plats totaling 1 084 lots with 29 final and 26 preliminary in the year. Fourteen plats were tabled with six final and eight preliminary. Northwest Cedar Rapids saw 18 plats for 482 lots, followed by 14 plats each in southeast and southwest and nine in the northeast. Plats last year declined from 1961 but matched 1960 levels.
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Cedar Rapids
City seeks six more election workers for east-side precincts
City Clerk Harold Schaefer reports good response to last week’s call for voting precinct workers but six east-side precincts still need volunteers. Exact locations include First at the downtown YMCA, Second at Fire Station 3, Eighth at Washington High, Thirteenth at City Water Works, Fourteenth at Jane Boyd Community House, and Thirty-Third at Monroe School. Applicants must be precinct registered, 21 to 67, with legible handwriting and no physical defects. pay is 14.50 per day. Applications available at the city clerk’s office.
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Harold Schaefer
B Avenue NE
Washington High School
City
Seventh Avenue SE
Jane Boyd
Monroe School
Pioneer Avenue SE
Poland Passes Law Requiring Visa Denial Reasons
Warsaw based law requires foreign visitors to be told the reason when a Poland visa request is denied. The measure, adopted by the parliament, aims to provide transparency in the visa process and ensure applicants receive formal explanation.
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Warsaw
Poland
Sejm
It's the Humane Thing to Do by Bill Moon
Humane Society Manager Bill Moon condemns Easter cruelty to animals. He notes pet shops and retailers sell baby chicks as merchandise and urges parents and relatives not to gift living animals. He argues a half dead chick is not a pet and calls for humane treatment.
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Bill Moon
Easter Solicitude for Animals at Home
The article urges careful care for chicks ducks and rabbits during Easter. It notes that keeping animals at home can be nearly impossible without proper precautions and equipment. If animals cannot be managed, parents face disposing of adult chickens rabbits and ducks, highlighting humane concerns.
Tool Manufacturing Engineers To Meet
Richard M. Feerick Midwest regional manager of the General Atomic division of General Dynamics Corp will speak before the Cedar Rapids chapter of the ASME on Electro Magnetic Metal Forming Equipment. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Sheraton-Montrose hotel.
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Richard M. Feerick
Midwest
General Atomic Division
General Dynamics Corp
Cedar Rapids
American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers
Sheraton-Montrose
Therapists Elect Robert Walker as Chapter Leader
Robert Walker, chief of physical therapy at St. Luke's hospital, was elected chairman of the Eastern Iowa chapter of the American Physical Therapy Assn. Richard Gamel of the United Cerebral Palsy Center Cedar Rapids became vice chairman and Mrs. Charles G. Gabelman of St. Luke's was named secretary treasurer. They will serve two year terms. The group met at Mercy hospital to discuss the April 27 state meeting in Marshalltown and pending Iowa physical therapy legislation.
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Robert Walker
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eastern
Iowa
The
American Physical Therapy Assn
Richard Gamel
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Cedar Rapids
Charles G. Gabelman
St. Luke’s
Association
Mercy Hospital
Marshalltown
Talk Film Monday For Metal Society at Cedar Rapids
A 6:30 p.m. dinner meeting of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Society for Metals will feature Cornelius A. Johnson of Buehler Ltd presenting Recent Advances in Metallography. He will also screen a movie on Automation in the Metallurgical Laboratory.
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Cedar Rapids
American Society For Metals
Roosevelt Hotel
Cornelius A. Johnson
Buehler Ltd
Alarm wrist-strap safe patented by India
New Delhi AP reports a wrist-strap burglar alarm and safe combination has been registered with the Indian inventions board. The device catches a thief by the wrist as the alarm sounds, aiming to secure property and deter break-ins.
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New Delhi
The
Indian Inventions Board
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